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Lt. Cmdr. Angelo Lonero, left, and Lt. Julia Buckner, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, prepare to land an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter transporting NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on the flight deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), April 10, 2026. John P. Murtha is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission, retrieving the crew and spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts on a flight around the moon in the Orion space capsule, marking the first time humans journeyed to deep space in over 50 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Drew Verbis)
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.14.2026 18:38 |
| Photo ID: | 9608767 |
| VIRIN: | 260410-N-AS200-4016 |
| Resolution: | 5568x3712 |
| Size: | 6.7 MB |
| Location: | CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 167 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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U.S. Navy recovers NASA astronauts, Orion space capsule after historic Artemis II moon mission
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